William Lei Ding

Ding Lei, also known as William Ding, is a Chinese billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of NetEase. Ding made significant contributions to the development of computer networks in mainland China.

  • William Ding is the CEO of Netease, one of the world’s largest online and mobile games businesses.
  • Netease‘s business partners include Mojang, a subsidiary of Microsoft, and Blizzard.
  • Netease, facing tough competition in games from Chinese rival Tencent, expanded into movies, online music and e-commerce.
  • Ding was China’s richest man and its first Internet and gaming billionaire back in 2003.
  • Ding holds a B.S. degree in communication technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

 

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